Suboptimality

Pronunciation: /ˈsəbˈɑptəməˈɫiˈtaɪ/

Suboptimality (noun)

  1. The state of being less effective than the best possible option, so results are not as good as they could be.
  2. A measure of how far a solution or decision is from the best one, often used in optimization and evaluation.

Examples

  • The plan has suboptimality, so results are not the best outcome.
  • We noticed suboptimality in the process, and the outcome was not best outcome.